B-Movie Star

Today is an Edgar Allen Poe Day - very "dark and dreary" ... perfect for huddling under the blankets and watching some B-movies! If you're so inclined, here's my top ten recommendations of B-movies for the Halloween Season:

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Oodles and Oodles has posted some pages from her 1926 Dennison Bogie Book, as well as some pages from a 1952 Dennison Crepe Paper Costume Book (for those with a LOT of time and patience).

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Need some quick tombstones to "liven" up the yard on Halloween (or would that be "deaden" up the yard?) Anyhoo . . . over at Evil Mad Scientist they show you how to make your own tombstones! Quick and Easy - just the way we like them!

I believe that ideally, the Universal Monster Movies should first be seen when you're a child, before you're influenced by special effects and the logic of science - when you still believe that monsters live under the bed. I don't think you can first see these movies as an adult and really love them the way you can as a child.

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Pumpkin pancakes and black syrup! Wow! Recipes and more designs are at Not Martha.

This is more Halloween cuteness - a bat sock doll! If you're feeling crafty and ambitious, you can download a free pattern at Hello My Name Is Heather

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If you're easily sucked into cuteness and want to spare yourself that warm gushy feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when confronted with overwhelming adorableness, you may want to look away right now . . .

This is via Calamity Kim - you should go visit her and find out more about this and other cool stuff.